Mr. Trefethen is responsible for the overall management of the firm and in the execution of client transactions. Since forming the firm in 2002, Mr. Trefethen has advised clients on a broad range of transaction exceeding $2 billion. Prior to founding T&C, Mr. Trefethen was a founder of American Commercial Capital, LLC ("ACC"), a commercial finance and investment banking company focused on providing capital and advisory services to companies in the multi-unit retail industry. ACC was acquired by Wells Fargo & Company in 2001 and continues to operate as a Wells Fargo business unit (Wells Fargo Commercial Capital) providing capital to middle market companies across the United States. Prior to founding ACC, Mr. Trefethen was a Managing Director with Koll Investment Management (.Koll.), a $4 billion investment management concern, where he was responsible for the development, capitalization and management of new capital market initiatives. While with Koll, Mr. Trefethen initiated a number of new business activities including: Koll Specialty Finance Company LLC (a commercial finance company providing debt capital to multi-unit retail companies), Koll ENSR Environmental Realty Advisors "KEERA" (an investment fund focused on opportunistic investments in environmentally impacted commercial real estate) and Alliance Capital Koll Real Estate Securities "ACKERS" (an investment fund focused on investing in publicly traded REIT securities). Prior to joining Koll, Mr. Trefethen was a Director in the Financial Advisory Services Practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers where he provided a broad range of advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, business reorganization, real estate and dispute resolution. Mr. Trefethen was also a member of the financial advisory services group at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Trefethen received a Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Arizona State University.